Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-06-03
! n,ex.r california neg.

The most intelligent hunting dog in
this or In any other State is the Gordon
setter Dorr, the property OF Fred A..
Taft of Truckee, Nevada county.
What this dog does not know is not
worth bothering about, and what he
does not do is simply what he has no in.
clination to. Dorr comes naturally by his
amarthess, having been born in Yankee.
land when his master lived at Dedham,
Mass. His bearing of the name of Dorr
has shed additional lustre upon the dis
tingnlshed New England family OF that
name. He has been success, whether
ON the bench at dog shows, In field trials
or out hunting. Dorr first saw the light
in April, 1876, and since that time he
has been Of the most cheerful disposi'
ton imaginable. He is of Scotch de-
scent, his father, Dorr, and his mother,
Lady, having been imported from
Tutumtarvach by Ellerton L. Dorr, OF
Boston, in 1872.
Dorr doesn't try to do anything easy;
his hobby is to tackle everything that IS
difficult. He has way when Mr.. TAFT
IL talking dog Of coming in WITH can
dlestick containing lighted candlein his
mouth and trying TO inouce his master to
be lighted up to bed. When Mr.. Taft
vss at the field trials at Hanford last
winter Dorr was day wonder. Every
night the hotel bar room was crowded
with ranchers, who came miles to see
him perform. After being only one day
In town he went regularly every even
Ing TO the postoffice for his masters mail.
and to the railway station for the news
paper. He did whatever he was to do.
The most difficult tasks were set him
by those who came to see him, and
be psrsevered until be accomplished
them
One night Dorr was asked TO retrieve a
lO-cent piece thrown into stable.pall
full to the brim with water. He stuck
his head under water and kept 1t there
forty.one seconds, when he succeeded in
getting the coin between his teeth.
Afterward, without being told, he went
out Of doors to shake himself. The
same evening he took needle out OF a
pailful Of water, and carried the pail,
without spilling q drop out to the barn.
When he came back he waltzed with
one hind leg and his tail in his mouth,
and afterward took his forepaw in his
mouth and jumped over every chair in
the room without letting the paw go.
Dorr leads his masters horse by the
halter when Mr.. Taft tries to sneak up on
. flock of ducks. He will also tow Mr..
Taft's cunning boat for miles by the
painter. He has wonderful nose, but
doesn't point birds except for his owner.
No cripple, whether snipe or swan,
can get away from him. He is not
older to-day than many dogs of half
his age. His affection for his master
Il most pleasant to contemplate.
When Mr.. Taft was riding around
ct the field trials and his boot slipped
of, Oorr picked it up and carried it for
miles before Mr.. Taft discovered his
loss. Owing to Mr.. Taft being one of
the three distinguished judges at the
Pacific Coast field trials, Dorr was not
entered for competition, but he went
along in . wagon, all the same, and
made more points and backs between
the drivers legs than all the other dogs
present. Dorr was trained by MIR. Taft.
-[Sacramento Corr. New York Sun.